diskGO® Sonic USB 3.0 Flash Drive (SSD)

Versatile, rugged, powerful - the diskGO Sonic USB 3.0 Flash Drive has all the speed, performance and storage power of an SSD, but the functionality and size of a flash drive. Imagine the possibilities!

Versatile, rugged, powerful - the diskGO Sonic USB 3.0 Flash Drive offers industry leading performance. Driven by a SandForce Solid State Drive controller, the diskGO Sonic can achieve transfer speeds up to an astounding 450MB/s when connected to a USB 3.0 port. One of the fastest USB storage devices available anywhere, the diskGO Sonic is perfect for transferring files such as HD movies, uncompressed images, or backing up an entire system. The attached keychain grommet makes it easy to attach the diskGO Sonic to a set of keys.

Encased in high-quality aluminum, the diskGO Sonic is incredibly durable and able to endure harsh treatment. The diskGO Sonic is backed by a two-year warranty and is Windows, Mac, and Linux compatible.

1) Connect the USB cable to the Portable SSD and plug the other end into an available USB port of the computer

2) The DiskGO Portable SSD will appear as an external drive on the Mac OS desktop. The drive icon will appear with the volume name “DISKGO.”See FAQ on formatting for Mac if your DiskGO hard drive is not recognized

3) Once your drive appears, you can then store and access files on it the same way you would on your computer’s main hard drive.Copy and paste or drag and drop files directly to the drive

This device is preformatted using the NTFS file system and will initially only be recognized in Windows. In order to use with a Mac, you will first need to format this device using Disk Utility. WARNING: All data will be erased. Back up your files on a Windows computer before formatting.

1)Connect the DiskGO Portable SSD to the USB port of the Mac

2)Launch Disk Utility (Applications à Utilities)

3)Locate the DiskGO in the left pane of Disk Utility and select it

4)Click on the Erase tab at the top of the window

5)Next to Format, click the dropdown and select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) if you intend to use this device ONLY in a Mac environment. If you wish to use this device in both Windows and Mac environments, select MS-DOS (FAT). NOTE: If you choose to format as FAT, you will be unable to store individual files of 4GB or larger on the DiskGO Portable SSD.

In order to achieve the fastest possible transfer rates, connect the DiskGO Portable SSD to a USB 3.0 port of a computer. This device will also work with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports, but will operate at slower speeds than capable. Most USB 3.0 ports are blue in color and are also referred to as “SuperSpeed” or “SS.”